Telephone numbers in Switzerland are defined and assigned according to the Swiss

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administered by the Swiss Federal Office of Communications. The plan has been changed several times and the most recent reorganization was implemented in March 2002.

Plan of 2002

The Swiss telephone numbering plan implements the

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recommendation E.164 and is designated E.164/2002, based on its last major revision in 2002. It is a closed numbering plan, which means that all telephone numbers, including the area code, have a fixed number of digits. Swiss area codes are officially termed ''national destination codes'' (NDC). A complete telephone number consists of ten digits: . Two formats are distinguished: three digits for the NDC and seven digits for the subscriber number, and four digits for the NDC and six digits for the subscriber number. However, a few exceptions exist. The associated dial plan requires that all numbers, even for local calls, must be dialed with the assigned NDC, in contrast to previous plans. When dialing from within the country, a prefix ''0'' must be dialed. The plan was amended a few times, e.g., the transition of numbering zone 01 into 044 and 043.

National destination code

The national destination code (NDC) is the area code for Swiss telephone numbers. Within Switzerland the trunk code 0 must be dialed before the NDC, while it is not needed from international locations. Telephone numbers are portable between numbering zones (ZN) or between mobile operators, and therefore an NDC does not imply that a caller is actually located in a particular zone or is serviced by any particular mobile operator. For landlines it is now merely an indication of the region where the number was originally attributed to a subscriber. The national destination codes are the following. *21 – ZN

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

*22 – ZN

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

*24 – ZN

Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , was ...

Aigle , neighboring_municipalities= Vaud: Yvorne, Leysin, Ormont-Dessous, Ollon; Valais: Vouvry, Collombey-Muraz , twintowns = L'Aigle (France), Tübingen (Germany), Bassersdorf (Switzerland) } Aigle ( French for "eagle", ; frp, Âgllo) is ...

*26 – ZN

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () ...

*27 – ZN Valais/Wallis *31 – ZN Bern and surrounding areas. *32 – ZN

Biel/Bienne , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) ...

, Neuchâtel,

Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...

, Jura *33 – ZN

Berner Oberland The Bernese Oberland ( en, Bernese Highlands, german: Berner Oberland; gsw, Bärner Oberland; french: Oberland bernois), the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, is one of the canton's five administrative regions (in which contex ...

*34 – ZN Region Bern-Emme *41 – ZN

Central Switzerland Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine Foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug. Central Switzerland is one of the NUTS 2 Stat ...

( Lucerne, Uri,

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, Obwalden, Nidwalden,

Zug , neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri , twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina) Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...

) *43 – ZN Zurich *44 – ZN Zurich (formerly 1) *51 – rail telecommunication networks (

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) *52 – ZN

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimate ...

*55 – ZN

Rapperswil Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ;Andres Kristol, ''Rapperswil SG (See)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS, LSG)'', Centre de dial ...

*56 – ZN

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Zurzach Zurzach is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and Wislikofen Wislik ...

*58 – business telecommunication networks *61 – ZN Region

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

*62 – ZN Region

Olten Olten (High Alemannic: ''Oute'') is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name. Olten's railway station is within 30 minutes of Zürich, Basel, Bern, and Lucerne by train, and is a rail hub of ...

– Langenthal (Oberaargau)– Aargau-West *71 – ZN Region

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St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

Thurgau Thurgau (; french: Thurgovie; it, Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, more formally the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is par ...

, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden) *74 – mobile services: paging services *75 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - Swisscom *76 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS -

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(with

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s: Yallo, TalkTalk, Lebara, MTV Mobile, Aldi) *77 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - various MVNOs: M-Budget (774), Wingo (775), Mucho,

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(779), ok.-mobile,

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*78 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS -

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(with MVNOs: CoopMobile till 2018-12-31, UPC till 2018-12-31) *79 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - Swisscom *800 –

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numbers *81 – ZN

Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxe ...

*840 – shared-cost numbers *842 – shared-cost numbers *844 – shared-cost numbers *848 – shared-cost numbers *860 –

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access (+ 9 digits phone without the initial 0; e.g. +41 860 66 555 44 33 is the voice mail of +41 66 555 44 33) *868 – test numbers - Not accessible from abroad *869 –

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access code (+ 3 – 10 digits) *878 – personal numbers (UPT) *900 – Premium rate service for business, marketing *901 – Premium rate service for entertainment, *906 – Premium rate service for adult entertainment *91 – ZN

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

Moesa The Moesa is a river, a tributary of the Ticino, which flows through the Swiss cantons of Graubünden and Ticino. It rises in Val Vignun near the San Bernardino Pass and descends, along with the A13 motorway, through the Val Mesolcina towar ...

*98 – Inter-network routing numbers - Not accessible from abroad - Non diallable *99 – Internal network numbers - Not accessible from abroad - Non diallable

Short codes

Short dialing codes are assigned for special services or network features. *0 – Trunk prefix for calls within Switzerland *00 – ''

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'' *1 – Short numbers, see table below (3, 4 or 5 digit length) *107xx – Carrier selection code (+ national or international number) *108xx – Carrier selection code (+ national or international number) * 112 – Police *1145 – Directory enquiries for blind/partially sighted (Swisscom) *117 – Police *118 – Fire brigade *140 – Road assistance (

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) *1414 – Air ambulance (

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Alternate proposed plan

Instead of E.164/2002, another more ambitious numbering plan was proposed. In this plan the prefix 0 was discarded, and the area codes were defined differently, with 20 to 49 for geographic areas, 50 to 59 reserved, 60-69 for nationwide numbering, 70-79 for mobile services, 80-89 for shared-cost and toll-free numbers, and 90 for premium-rate services. The plan was not implemented because it required too many phone number and prefix changes, with associated high costs.

Changes

After 2002

The area code 01 was replaced with 044 (Zurich)

Between 1996 and 2002 (plan 2002)

On 29 March 2002 the Swiss dialing plan changed to a closed dialing plan, i.e. the zone prefix become mandatory also for local calls. * 058 - Corporate access (since 1 June 2000)

Until 1996 (plan 1996)

The previous plan removed a lot of area prefixes and added the seventh digit in phone numbers (usually a phone number (0cc) yx xx xx became (0dd) zzx xx xx). * 023 – Short prefix for some French regions * 025 – Chablais, since 2 November 1996 in 024 * 026 – Martigny, since 2 November 1996 in 027 * 028 – high Valais, since 2 November 1996 in 027 * 029 – Greyerzerland/Pays d'Enhaut, since 2 November 1996 in 026 * 030 – Zweisimmen, since 9 November 1996 in 033 * 035 – Langnau im Emmental, since 9 November 1996 in 034 * 036 – Interlaken, since 9 November 1996 in 033 * 037 – Fribourg, since 2 November 1996 in 026 * 038 – Neuchâtel, since 9 November 1996 in 032 * 039 – La-Chaux-de-Fonds, since 9 November 1996 in 032 * 040 – Telepage Swiss (

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) * 042 – Zug, since 23 March 1996 in 041 * 043 – Schwyz, since 23 March 1996 in 041 * 044 – Altdorf, since 23 March 1996 in 041 * 045 – Sursee, since 23 March 1996 in 041 * 046 – Toll free, moved into 155 and then into 0800 * 051 – Zürich, moved into 01+7 digits, then replaced with 044 * 053 – Schaffhausen, since 23 March 1996 in 052 * 054 – Frauenfeld, since 23 March 1996 in 052 * 057 – Wohlen, since 23 March 1996 in 056 * 058 – Glarus, since 23 March 1996 in 055 * 059 – Short prefix for German regions, also for parts of France surrounding

and northern

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* 061 – Basel * 062 – Olten * 063 – Langenthal, withdrawn and integrated into 062 Region Langenthal Oberaargau * 064 – Aarau withdrawn and integrated into 062 Region Aarau, Fricktal * 065 – Solothurn, since 9 November 1996 integrated into 032 * 066 – Delémont, since 9 November 1996 integrated into 032 * 067 – Short prefix for German/French regions surrounding

and Alsace/South-Baden * 068 – Short prefix for some German/French surrounding

and Alsace/South-Baden * 069 – Short prefix for some German/French surrounding

and Alsace/South-Baden * 071 – St. Gallen, 30 March 1996 * 072 – Weinfelden, withdrawn and integrated into 071 Region Weinfelden (

) since 30 March 1996 * 073 – Wil, withdrawn and integrated into 071 Region Wil since 30 March 1996 * 074 – Wattwil, withdrawn and integrated into 071 Region Wattwil (

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) since 30 March 1996 * 074 – Pager * 075 – Mobile phone "

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D" ( Swisscom) / previously used for

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Telephone numbers in Liechtenstein Liechtenstein previously used the Swiss telephone numbering plan (+41) under area code 075. (This was dialled as +41 75 from outside Switzerland and Liechtenstein). However, on 5 April 1999, it adopted its own international code +423. Conseque ...

) which used to be within the Swiss telephone numbering plan. * 076 – Mobile phone

* 077 – Mobile phone "

C" * 078 – Mobile phone Salt (

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) * 079 – Mobile phone "

D" ( Swisscom) * 092 – Bellinzona, Misox and Calanca Valley (GR), withdrawn and integrated into 091 (Ticino) * 093 – Locarno, withdrawn and integrated into 091 (Ticino) * 094 – Leventina Valley, withdrawn and integrated into 091 (Ticino)

previously used the Swiss telephone numbering plan with the area code 075. (This was dialled as +41 75 from outside Switzerland and Liechtenstein). However, on 5 April 1999, it adopted its own international code +423. Consequently, calls from Switzerland now require international dialling, using the 00423 prefix and the seven-digit number.

Campione d'Italia

The Italian

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, an exclave within the Swiss canton of

, uses the Swiss telephone network and is part of the Swiss numbering plan, although some Italian numbers are in use by the municipal council, which use the same +39 031 numbering range as the town of

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Büsingen am Hochrhein

The German municipality of Büsingen am Hochrhein, an enclave within the canton of

, uses the Swiss telecom network, with numbers having the prefix 052, alongside that of Germany, from which numbers must be dialled in the international format as 004152.Übernachten
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